Gottlieb
Haunted House Pinside Rating
This game received 242 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.588 /10
Haunted House
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.571
Artwork: 8.296
Sounds/Music: 6.679
Other Aspects: 7.614
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Jennings, LA
7.372/10
10 years ago
Haunted House is an impressive piece of engineering and art. Other than having a lower playfield like Black Hole it is different from anything before or after. It is really nice to look at and admire, and even fun to play a game or two, but it is slow and there didn't seem like much to shoot for once I figured out what everything did. I'm not a hater. I owned one for a long time and would own it again. I didn't even miss speech or multiball. The sounds get a bad rap sometimes but I liked them. The lighting is great. I don't think you can compare it to Black Hole even though everyone wants to. The two games are completely different. If I had to though I would give the nod to Haunted House.
8.199/10
10 years ago
What an awesome game!! Tons of fun, lots of shots. Very interesting flow on main playfield. The whole them is soo cool. I'm very happy to have this game. Backglass is one of the best. Multiball would be cool but def doesn't make me feel like I'm missing it. Trying to get the specials is a challenge. Sound is good as well and if you don't like it you can stop the background music
7.132/10
11 years ago
My friend has HH at his house and it was the first game I went for. Remember playing it at the skating rink.
Belgie
8.496/10
11 years ago
This is one of my favorite games from the 1980's. Its not the best player, but it has an incredible theme and art package. If it had multiball and speech, I would rate it higher. It took me a couple of years to find a nice one. It is not leaving.
9.684/10
11 years ago
I love playing this again and again...when it works...has been problematic always seems to have some bug but when its running I love to play it. I LOVE The theme and backglass!
6.859/10
11 years ago
Easily my favorite Gottlieb System 80 game out there. Very complex playfield design, and very nice flow. Appropriately gimmicky; there are 5 ways to jump from one playfield to another, so the multi-level mechanic is really well executed. A lot of people gripe about the lack of multi-ball, but the multiple playfields add a different sort of complexity.
My former roommate had this, and in a house with 6 or so pins, this one always drew the biggest crowd and got the most play. The backglass is pretty cool-looking, too!
My former roommate had this, and in a house with 6 or so pins, this one always drew the biggest crowd and got the most play. The backglass is pretty cool-looking, too!
8.267/10
11 years ago
Love the variation on this game...tons of flippers...different "rooms" in the haunted house. Thought they could have got more of the theme tied into the artwork on the playfield. Lighting could be a little bit more theme related too. Overall a very fun game to play. I would love to own some day.
7.140/10
11 years ago
The flow of this game is great. It's a three level playfield and your ball will travel through all levels of the playfield (the ball will never lock while you play a separate ball). The sounds get a bit old at times (it's a sys80 what do you want!?) but I feel that not adding speech to HH was definitely a bad decision from a design standpoint as it would have benefited greatly. The music is catchy and pretty well done for a game from this era. The big downside of this game is it's one ball only, it's a large wide body and you will never have more than one ball at a time. The rules are good, multiple shots to aim for, and a separate display counts a bonus from playing in the lower playfield. This game has lots of white in the lighting and would look great with a few tasteful LEDs here and there.
8.550/10
11 years ago
I just love it! the game play is varied because of the 3 play fields, you don't really miss multiball. I know there is a mod, but why? ball times are pretty short but it is so cool once you get used to the 2 sets of flipper buttons. This is a great old school pinball..game play and scoring is easy to figure out but hard to put into action. The play field and cabinet are beautiful, like a good pinball should be. don't let the horror stories of sys80 machines detour you from owning one because the parts for this machine aren't that hard to get. Do the ground mod if you want...but everyone should own one of these for a while, it reminds you of why you played them as a kid.
8.821/10
11 years ago
I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this pin. It is one of the games that made me want to collect pinball machines.
It has a charm about it that I've never seen in any other pinball. The artwork is amazing and always reminds me of Scooby Doo :)
It achieves something that is rare in pinball machines and that is having the feel of something else. Where some machines try to have the feel of a city street, a scene in space, a rollercoaster, etc. . . . this game really does it. You really get the feel of the floors of a haunted house. Instead of telling people to do this or that to get to the upper playfield or lower playfield, I say "upstairs" and "downstairs".
An absolute classic!
It has a charm about it that I've never seen in any other pinball. The artwork is amazing and always reminds me of Scooby Doo :)
It achieves something that is rare in pinball machines and that is having the feel of something else. Where some machines try to have the feel of a city street, a scene in space, a rollercoaster, etc. . . . this game really does it. You really get the feel of the floors of a haunted house. Instead of telling people to do this or that to get to the upper playfield or lower playfield, I say "upstairs" and "downstairs".
An absolute classic!
Menton
7.815/10
11 years ago
I love pins with a lower PF and that one is no exception. Nevertheless, at the blessed time when pins ruled the planet, I always chose Blackhole first, then Haunted House. HH is perhaps more a collector's item than a player's favorite? Nice art, music. A machine that will be remembered - but would you love it now?... After playing it several times during different Pin shows, my answer is NO.
9.192/10
11 years ago
Three playfields, lightning in the backglass, whats not to like?! Oh and EIGHT flippers! Personally repaired this machine for a friend and while there are some neccessary ground mods and tweaks to be made to make the game reliable. This game stands the test of time. I would NOT call this a game of skill, but rather it gives you all the bells and whistles to be over the top and fun. There really isnt any skill shots, its simply just a huge widebody cramed with three playfields to go all out crazy on. Enjoy this game every time I play it!
8.488/10
11 years ago
This was the first table I fell in love with as a kid. I used to bike two miles just to play this. The three levels, creepy atmosphere, and back glass art really hooked me. I must have spent almost one whole summer playing this table. At the time this machine was really something. My friends and I loved it.
8.639/10
12 years ago
Abbotsford, BC
A very hard game to rate, such a milestone in pinball history and evolution!! They really thru the kitchen sink at this one, and for the most part succeeded admirably!! Unfortunately due to cost restraints they left out 2 major items, speech and multiball., otherwise HH would have it all. I've found that most players are so lost in the 3 playfields that they have no idea how to really play the game, or what the strategies are to get a good score. It also needs to be set up and tuned properly to be really appreciated.
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